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Jayco Tour of Tasmania - NE
Australia, October 24-29, 2006
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Stage 5 - October 26: Latrobe, 45 km
Finning shows returning form
By Rod Morris in Beaconsfield
Commonwealth Games gold medal track cyclist Sean Finning ruled supreme in a lightning quick criterium at Latrobe after being part of a hard working quartet that skipped away from the main general classification challengers. Finning (21) has overcome a niggling back injury he brought with him from a hectic racing and training campaign in America.
"Its nice to get some form back and it was even better to get another win," he said.
How it unfolded
Finning's breakaway group included fellow Victorian Patrick Shaw, Tasmanian Daniel Furmston and 19 year-old Port Macquarie (NSW) rider Chris Jory. The quartet slipped into overdrive and was away for 27 of the 30 laps before Finland's Kjell Carlström and NSW's Tim Guy were able to bridge the gap just as the riders crossed under the finish banner for the penultimate time.
However prior to that, Shaw had ruled the intermediate sprints, winning all 11 on offer and reeling in overnight Sprint Championship leader Peter Herzig by three points. Shaw started the day 30-points shy of Herzig, but finished the stage wearing a new jersey to signal his speed.
Carlström led the lead group over the line at the bell lap and most pundits were expecting an international victory. Somebody forgot to tell that to Finning though. On the second turn out of the home straight, Finning made his move and his renowned punch when it counts came to the fore.
In a rare finish that allows a lone rider to sit up and enjoy the atmosphere, Finning had two seconds to spare over Carlström and a surprise third placegetter, Chris Jory.
"The Tattersall's Cup series is ideal preparation for me for the upcoming World Cup, where I'll be concentrating on the both the points score and Madison races," Finning said.
Carlström's bold chase down, although unsuccessful in claiming the stage victory, did elevate him into second place on the GC leader board, reducing his overnight margin of 1.57 minute against Kristian House to just 45 seconds.
But House was unperturbed. "I didn't mind Kjell getting a little bit of time back, because it takes the heat off me," remarked House. "Everyone in the peloton is watching me, so I can't make too many moves, if Kjell or a couple of others move up in time, then the peloton will have to watch them as well. ... This move might backfire me come Sunday's final stage, but I'm prepared to back myself."
Photography
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- Tour leader Kristian House gives the thumbs up to Simon Brown's jersey
- Johnnie Walker (Jayco VIS), has his eye on the Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series in Tasmania
- Tasmanian Wes 'Burger' Sulzberger has plenty of support in Latrobe for stage five
- Not just another face in the crowd… support for local hope Nathan Clarke in Latrobe
- The Tour has it's fans on the streets of Latrobe during the 45km criterium
- Daniel Furmston (Praties), drives the leading quartet round a bend after they broke clear from the rest early into stage five
- Chris Stack of South Australia corners back in the peloton during 30 laps of a 1.5km circuit
- 2004 Latrobe Wheelrace winner, Nathan Clarke, in his hometown during stage five of the Tour
- Simon Pearson (centre) of South Australia from the Savings & Loans team in action in Latrobe
- Launceston rider David Oliver (L), was 44th overall heading into stage five
- 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Sean Finning (South Australia.com) is handy in the criteriums and had his sights set on victory
- Patrick Shaw (Jayco VIS) leads the foursome into a bend clear of two chasing riders
- Tim Guy from New South Wales works with Finland's Kjell Carlstrom and persisted in their chase to the leaders
- The peloton string-out in Latrobe but had lost any hope of catching the leaders
- After being caught in no-man's land for most of the stage Kjell Carlstrom caught the leaders and was actually in front with a lap to go
- Sean Finning (South Australia.com) can sprint, and he was too good for his partners in the lead group on stage five in Latrobe
- Stephen Wooldridge (L) of the South Australia.com outfit brings home the peloton
- The stage five podium (L-R): Kjell Carlstrom (2nd), Sean Finning (1st), and Chris Jory (3rd)
- Let's celebrate… the traditional podium spray
- And rather than waste it all drowning photographers, I'll sample the drop
- Patrick Shaw (Jayco VIS) is the leader of the Events Tasmania Sprint Points Competition after five stages
- It's thumbs-up for the Tattersall's Cup Cycling Series from Tour leader Kristian House of England - well so far anyway
Results
1 Sean Finning 1.04.18 (41.99 km/h) 2 Kjell Carlstrom 0.02 3 Chris Jory 4 Patrick Shaw 5 Daniel Furmston 6 Tim Guy 0.05 7 Stephen Wooldridge 1.02 8 David Kemp 9 Wesley Sulzberger 10 Ricky Peoples 11 Robert McLachlan 12 Reuben Young 13 Kristian House 14 Joshua Wilson 15 Ryan Sullivan 16 Darcy Rosenlund 17 Scott Peoples 18 Craig McCartney 19 Michael Fitzgerald 20 Johnnie Walker 21 Nathan Earle 22 Cameron Wurf 23 Cameron Hughes 24 Daniel Braunsteins 25 William Ford 26 Simon Pearson 27 Hayden Josefski 28 Nathan Clarke 29 Matthew McDonagh 30 David Oliver 31 Jack Alexander 32 Mark O'Brien 33 Tim Buchanan 1.08 34 Jack Anderson 1.09 35 Chris Stack 1.14 36 Paul Logan 37 Peter Herzig 1.39 38 Timothy Walker 2.10 39 Matthew Sydes 2.11 40 Eugen Schilter 4.20 41 William Robinson 42 Jason Johnson 43 Christos Winter 44 Joshua Chugg 45 Ben Mather 46 Andrew Hanigan 47 Jarrod Harman 48 Rob Licciardo 6.29 49 Simon Brown 8.38 Sprints Sprint #1 - End of Lap 6 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Chris Jory 2 3 Daniel Furmston 1 Sprint #2 - End of Lap 8 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Daniel Furmston 2 3 Chris Jory 1 Sprint #3 - End of Lap 10 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Daniel Furmston 2 3 Chris Jory 1 Sprint #4 - End of Lap 12 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Daniel Furmston 2 3 Chris Jory 1 Sprint #5 - End of Lap 14 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Daniel Furmston 2 3 Chris Jory 1 Sprint #6 - End of Lap 16 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Sean Finning 2 3 Daniel Furmston 1 Sprint #7 - End of Lap 18 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Daniel Furmston 2 3 Sean Finning 1 Sprint #8 - End of Lap 20 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Daniel Furmston 2 3 Chris Jory 1 Sprint #9 - End of Lap 22 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Daniel Furmston 2 3 Sean Finning 1 Sprint #10 - End of Lap 24 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Daniel Furmston 2 3 Sean Finning 1 Sprint #11 - End of Lap 26 1 Patrick Shaw 3 pts 2 Daniel Furmston 2 3 Chris Jory 1 General classification after stage 5 1 Kristian House 6.19.41 2 Kjell Carlstrom 0.45 3 Scott Peoples 1.27 4 David Kemp 1.54 5 Mark O'Brien 2.15 6 Wesley Sulzberger 2.36 7 Craig McCartney 2.41 8 Robert McLachlan 2.57 9 Cameron Hughes 3.37 10 Ryan Sullivan 3.52 11 Joshua Wilson 4.01 12 Sean Finning 4.30 13 William Ford 4.31 14 Johnnie Walker 4.35 15 Matthew McDonagh 4.59 16 Ricky Peoples 5.08 17 Reuben Young 5.11 18 Simon Pearson 6.25 19 Jack Anderson 6.36 20 Hayden Josefski 6.48 21 Peter Herzig 7.25 22 Stephen Wooldridge 7.45 23 Daniel Braunsteins 8.46 24 Daniel Furmston 9.38 25 Chris Jory 9.59 26 Nathan Earle 10.50 27 Nathan Clarke 28 Darcy Rosenlund 11.10 29 Cameron Wurf 12.09 30 Tim Buchanan 14.07 31 Patrick Shaw 14.17 32 Tim Guy 14.32 33 William Robinson 14.38 34 Paul Logan 16.22 35 Eugen Schilter 19.41 36 Simon Brown 19.49 37 Timothy Walker 21.15 38 Christos Winter 22.47 39 Michael Fitzgerald 24.47 40 Jack Alexander 25.44 41 Ben Mather 26.43 42 David Oliver 28.08 43 Chris Stack 28.55 44 Jason Johnson 29.22 45 Joshua Chugg 29.29 46 Matthew Sydes 32.57 47 Rob Licciardo 40.44 48 Andrew Hanigan 43.32 49 Jarrod Harman 51.58 Most aggressive rider 1 Kristian House 2 Robert McLachlan 3 David Kemp 4 Sean Finning 5 Peter Herzig Sprint championship 1 Patrick Shaw 38 pts 2 Peter Herzig 35 3 Daniel Furmston 25 4 Kristian House 16 5 David Kemp 15 6 Sean Finning 14 7 Scott Peoples 11 8 Kjell Carlstrom 9 9 Chris Jory 8 10 Tim Guy 5 11 Mark O'Brien 5 12 Darcy Rosenlund 5 13 Ricky Peoples 4 14 Wesley Sulzberger 4 15 Craig McCartney 3 16 Stephen Wooldridge 3 17 Cameron Hughes 3 18 Timothy Walker 2 19 Daniel Braunsteins 2 20 William Ford 1 21 Ryan Sullivan 1 22 Robert McLachlan 1 Mountains 1 David Kemp 10 pts 2 Kristian House 10 3 Kjell Carlstrom 7 4 Timothy Walker 4 5 Cameron Hughes 3 6 Robert McLachlan 3 7 Tim Guy 2 Criterium championship 8 Sean Finning 15 pts 1 Kjell Carlstrom 13 3 Wesley Sulzberger 11 17 Peter Herzig 10 15 Scott Peoples 8 41 Chris Jory 8 13 Patrick Shaw 7 31 Daniel Braunsteins 7 36 Daniel Furmston 6 2 Kristian House 6 38 Tim Guy 5 6 Stephen Wooldridge 4 24 Jarrod Harman 3 5 David Kemp 3 16 Craig McCartney 2 23 Ricky Peoples 1 12 Mark O'Brien 1
